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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-245-1

…do not allow to be distributed. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3. The conversion into a société européenne is decided in accordance with the provisions set out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-10

…quivalent to the share capital. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3. The conversion into a société anonyme is decided in accordance with the provisions of articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

…89-1 any person guilty of any of the following offences: 1° Offence provided for in Article L. 1333-11 of the Defence Code; 2° Délit d'appropriation indue prévue par Article L. 1333-9 of the aforement…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…s applicable to State contract employees taken for the application of article 7 of law no. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service.Each contract conclu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-25

…conditions of approval are the subject of the decree adopted for the application of article L. 232-11, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph shall send the President of the Agency, on the o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-16 a (art. A322-82)

…sing the groupMAXIMUM NUMBERof the group(not including the person supervising)0 to 6 metresBaptismE-11 (*)BeginnersE-14 (*)0 to 12 metres Beginners training towards PE-12 or PA-12 skillsE-24 (*)0 to 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition; approval or authorisation of the system manager

Article L424-1

…king manages a multilateral trading facility, it shall comply with the provisions of Article L. 421-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to European Cooperative Societies not initially subject to the formation of the Special Negotiating Body

Article L2363-12

In the case of the European Cooperative Society referred to in Article L. 2363-11, the terms of involvement referred to in Chapter I of this Title are determined under the following conditions: 1° Wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, employee adviser and member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2421-2

…g offices: 1° Member of the board or director of a social security fund mentioned in article L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code; 2° Member of the board of directors of a mutual insurance company, u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-4

…en one of the two medical certificates mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 3211-2-2 concludes that the person's condition no longer justifies the care measure, the director of t…

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